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The Buddy System Pays Off

Michelle and Officer Champion worked together to attach the automated external defibrillator (AED) to Mark. Once the AED was on, it analyzed Mark and advised a shock. The AED advised two more shocks between cycles of CPR, which Officer Champion administered. Throughout the rescue, the AED Plus with Real CPR Help ® technology provided Officer Champion with real-time feedback on the correct depth and rate of his compressions. “The visual directions and audible prompts of the AED were clear and easily understood,” he says. The ambulance from the Kingston Fire Department arrived on scene and fire department personnel continued life-sustaining emergency care as Mark was transported to Exeter Hospital. There, doctors discovered a small blockage and inserted a stent.

Mark Ethridge, age 45, had recently returned to New Hampshire after a tour as an intelligence officer with the Special Forces in Afghanistan. Since deciding to pursue a new career in law enforcement, he was spending his first few months back home training for the physical entrance exam. On December 9, he called his friend Michelle Cooper, a Danville police officer, to see if she had time for a training run. Michelle originally said she wasn’t sure she could join him because she had to be at her daughter’s music recital. Then she decided she did have time for a quick run. The two met at the Sanborn Regional High School track in Kingston and were just finishing their cool-down walk when Mark gasped, put his hand to his chest, and collapsed. “I thought, ‘What is going on ? Don’t die on me,’” recounts Michelle, who immediately called 911 from her cell phone and began cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). “I knew 911 would walk me through CPR—it’s always good to have someone there to keep you on track and keep your count.” Two minutes later, just as Michelle was beginning compressions, Officer James Champion of the Kingston Police Department arrived. Seeing Mark on the ground and Michelle over him, Officer Champion grabbed the ZOLL ® AED Plus ® from the trunk of his cruiser and sprinted to them.

The ZOLL AED Plus, the first and only Full-Rescue AED that provides Real CPR Help ® for depth and rate of chest compressions, audibly coaches rescuers with prompts such as “Push Harder” or “Good Compressions” during CPR.